The mayor of Barcelona, Jaume Collboni, announced – this Saturday – that the Catalan capital will be “the first city in Spain to develop an anti-racism plan, the first city to put into force an ordinance against discrimination and hate crimes and, the first, to build a unit that fights fake news and hoaxes.” Collboni also encouraged the socialists of Barcelona to work “creating dynamics that allow progressive agreements”. The first mayor encouraged his party colleagues to work to reach “great agreements” with the rest of the left-wing formations (in reference to ERC and BComú).
The first mayor of Barcelona made these announcements at the opening of the municipal congress of the Barcelona Federation of the PSC, which will be held this Saturday in the Bota de la Fabra i Coats space with the title: We are Barcelona. Democracy, diversity and social rights. A few days with which the PSC aims to create tools to counter the far right. The mayor’s goal is to present the anti-noise measures in the first quarter of 2026.
“Two days ago we learned the results of an election in the United States which are a message of hope”, began Collboni in his speech. “We have seen the hope of the Democratic candidates against Donald Trump and the far right. That battle of the Democrats is our fight. What Trump, the far right and the populists are doing in Europe, Spain, Catalonia and Barcelona is trying to destroy our values. They will face us,” he threatened. Collboni congratulated Democrat Zohran Mamdani for winning the office of mayor of New York. “The parents of Obama and Mandani were migrants and studied in the United States thanks to the John Fitzgerald Kennedy scholarships. These parents had completely American children who continued to defend an inclusive society. Those scholarships were a source of equal opportunities. There is a generation of Spaniards who went to university thanks to the Felipe scholarships or the Zapatero ones. Does anyone remember the Aznar or Rajoy scholarships? No, because there never were any. They cut them,” he criticized.
The mayor assured that progressive forces are on the “right side of history” and announced the creation by the City Council of the anti-racism plan, the ordinance against discrimination and hate crimes and the anti-discrimination unit. fake news. “We will provide tools so that citizens know how to counteract. So that people have criteria that allow them to discern between a lie and a rumor. Jordi Hereu created the first anti-rumor policy, now the unit will have the task of unmasking Instagram, TikTok or Twitter,” he warned.
After underlining his fight against the far right, he announced that the PSC’s policy in the City Council will aim to unite, without naming them, the left-wing formations. “Yesterday we announced an agreement to pass tax ordinances. Budgets will cost more. It is our responsibility and our commitment to dress, articulate and coordinate the same progressive majority that exists in the city on the City Council,” he concluded.
